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, Putt frorn the F4ntirnerit4 a- ilia N 6131 e: Lord Oppnsite, fie felt compelled to suPport the original , tootlon. Sir A WELLESLgY observed there Were two ques-, lions the I t ose'; the propriety end' prudence • :01' , the..Expediti to,• and the :result. a .4111? ` tlrtlttory operatiotts.,,For alt.• latter, : Lttily the Otfieers em- Pioyed wereresponsi it In any Expedition, it was . • ••tfee 's.ary to Obtain the concurrenee and cli;operation ii, e inhabitains, and to b guided by their wishes. Qabis arripal .at g orutina, thoagh his instructions • were to proceed to the Tagus, he offered to the - Junta to 1,111:1 his arety,,.arid . . he was told that the greatest sew, he could render them, would,be to expel the French &Len' POrtngal. 'The Hon. Gentle mad' here re.o a 'letter 'from- Dyer,• recont . thenditig it to him to land near Gijon ;:,,'„but .he did not con a. ler this as suilieient to- induce him to deviate Inen his instineions. He was assured by the junta '°f ia, that! means would betaken . to drive the wrench from St. An der(); bet they Ibought the ex pulsion of the French from .Portugal so'much more . Jrulmitant", that they even detached 2000 men frimi the reinail ot'l he army that had been defeated at Rio Sveo, to co-or4;rate wiih the aroty destined lor that lee. When -he tudk the connitand of the Expe eilion, he certainly ditt.not. expect , that he would Lave to encounter so great_ a force as the French brougin against hint. The information of the Ad rltiral off the l'agos'represented that the enemy had not above 4060 inert at Lisbon. •- He Itistiti;ed 8 " 1t. fro nt the imputation of rashness thrown out hirn by the Lie Speaker, in havitigfouglic the act ions of the 17111 and 21s1 of AtiilOstc• - • Would rather follow i,,at Honourable _Generat;s ex-. :nn)nle in the field; than his adVice in the 'S hate. : . force under his -command tie ebnsideredtts flinch superior to any the enemy could bring against hint ; . and b 0 confident Was he on ties point, ti it he landedlandedthe cerps•Of'Gre:reral Ackland should be ern . VoYed in the siege of l'eniche. li the plan Of ope- TzLions that, he h a d -taken the liberty of reeona , ntenclats to Sir Hairy. 13urrard had been Itillowed, would not. this night have ;had the mom& cation of hearing frrim the Noble Lord that the 'lC l4 .Peditioii to Pori had 'disappointed the 11,,pes and expectations of the nation. Tills, however, was dis,tpkiroved of, „and - It'll whole pile t hat he in, — tihttled was entirely deranged.' When he left Eng r land, lie bad no right tit suppose that he would be eon. tt tinkled in the command' of the array. • If the enemy , • bad been pursued after 'he aetion of the 2,lfit they, eouid not have etfetted their ietreat across the Tagus, however, waselot adopfed . ;- though he 'lbust say he tliot4it it oughts to have hail weight. }le Could not tonceil'e teion 'What 'princilite the enort if Inquire, wno • approved of every. pro teeding of • his from his lending at Mondego, , ,to the ttel 01 the hittle of the '2141, thin not to pursue a bt.tateti enemy. Atter -the. bat- • Ile of the 17111, the enem`y retired in good ,otder, io ailion of the • 21s1, 'where they Were • • ff'•completely . beaten', they were thrown into con fusion;‘-. `474and they refired warsii) dislirder. -It wars hard that ; . :.: G tweintnentsltittild be blaiiied for the Convention t 7 i. or Ari tt istit'e.' Neither the equipment' in the•rurtny, tiny 'fitioposvd in cavalry, heavy and .provisions, was .ey,,,e t a k en int 0. considera. e:spoert.,•tlit; Abehelsiee":a(rlft.;)lntrel(l-).)tt:: It.ii"glowtl4ll. 110: 113 " .- Ueell i ) o4;lbit, to preven t the Treneliitrtny 'he l3oi rd of Snell • was .the epititati of 'who were exan k ;i l t r i Y tti t b n e d s i t t iri: s i c t. "ll \ 6; ;;;:t e n r g al' i but the i l i t a t v r t. i . ic i i r t e at i. . e e n t t r !..: u d rs itt lit of th e ettentY• 21st,' et)"11* t. but tuts was not a mailer o 1 doubt, Gel " ja, ) G" actudly done s e sub,equeut tot he - ' (ofrtg i , LV 111) k. 4 1.8 .• Could not prete..it n iti not frOtrl 5 ,1 19 e• IU . would, have taken4hetter , xdvas dud Alattuda,Arorn_whetiee could not limo driven him ont before the end of NoveMber, or be ' g lnn ing'of December, when they.would probe* be V" t ogrant 4int the same terms he obtained uy the •,;9,tivelltion of Cintra. He wishedd-the British army'. Proceed, at speedily as possible, to Spain, becausehe ~ knew that the Spanish armies Would not pull to gather till se supported. The idea that the trench army might ..nrterwapde I)rocced against Spirit ;'.'as not sutfic!ent to deter them front that objea.' What •• they gave. up . ni strength they would gait) ; bz i kution f i . A great .des,. had need said. respeliog the advantage of oblibing an army, Aocli,as.Jutite's, to lay dOwti t ll *.4Pr,r4s,,:fiut no such 'object had been pointed out • , in, tlteir,iaisitructienS. It was the duty of every, Com. Utheer to oblige tbe enemy to lay dewn r 111'414, and no instructions wereliecessary tor that put - P9ie• But' the question was, whether to prosecute that object thepoeght to grve up other •taterial points_ in tirle and circumstances, and to abandon ,tie - ,v,anta tes they had gaitted..eltt.vanld not be, as Ito • notiraiie to the British arms, if e ller pursuing the . eneitty_intoAlaitte,jo, and the cumequetti loss of tune and blo,d, the tape, or neariy as good terms were to be grapted to the enetn). It it was not disgritc , dUl to have allowed cite French to evacuate Cairo awl h it ia iu 1 ., 7, , 3ypt, the Convention ft* the evacp , , • .of ..Pqrtugat co:11A ; 110t, deGriceful. He illlo Ital. the circumstances of -the two. ca t.,; dtifrek; as' was also the • state of 'Europe, ,1"- () % 1 1 he contended that''.the both : was ( ludily free Irons disgrace. There 'was One oilier ;obi t , , wmcn lit: eau to torch Alp!) o, 'Jowly ) , the • • r kirtjeeediUg'S of the Ceti: luquiry, a. Court • which 1) 0 was ennl,inct:(l no Oftici.r u<uut l 1 1 / 1 11110. „ i s e held 111)011 bial. It had been stated dial the 'Court of intralry had ne,m resorted to inconsirquence Of the friend.thip of his Noble 'lttend owarus hint. ' •• It -. l ! l rather bard tipon.hitu . t SUCh a reatetioll. It he were to i t ave gone to trial - for 41 for Which hr was 'responsible, front his landing at • atondego B ty, to his departure front l'oftug,ll, 'he wow convinced he artist have areniacquittsul,,, 4, tar ci s tit' was concerned, the. Court of Inquiry was an and he hoped it would be • the last • r th l'oll."•that , descriptioti thin • • ever t he, • , in. this country, If he lad ~ct•lrr aw tie Of the of his Noble Friend, ,d,rectmgAiib .01 7 ) t , Perior Officers,' 10' atte'nd to his advice, 'tie should gate fear uneotnfortablit.„ the inoment 1 " • 'l l4 eY 1.300, nay even. ..betore, they 1,a,.!1a .cis ci s Ot 4 . perceived' that he 'not' their Contiditice. • "'though lie differed from them, - he lid )et - ' \ , d ..C)l " v rY ti , ing in his power, whilst itt`Poritteal, as • 'e t :, be had clime before oft othi-cGccet"ni4a for=t aril 111°' °llicer'under whom - he served. • There was a dif- Act: rence - between a Civil and a Mtlitar t ; Officer ; he 'ettlt•Ortiees may resiLfit. but !nu Mi. Mr. Wit;rnit ,cl 4 "doiripTirnentjelgthrtts4 -ztliqnintled, and ANtrovett. ' Ile' e. ociw i defended the • Speakeeen what laid jie,t 1 , 410 1 ,A,NR whiebi -absence of cat-tory - p on. the, geapte:lf b'. Gerd he considered as . i to ti c%n m g ,a great atia'comprehen-t e , Castlrieagh, respeeting,T the- tit sive mind, well }ft.-y i n:oot ed witlAntlitaty affairs. Hit( sithe exliecie-ton,, in win, b nnne rt quircit : un ss;:i; justified . hylipOe v e . )ss,,'Ajikiwkril • like I h a t Hoe, Gent leneeti's o , :si i Tagns„ . tl L ent. from calf his actions-Li thea.tatup•tigo;. 64.04 -wher.theyhtveteevrittelt , tor te.,,,esuitmiily conceptions were cleab accurate, and calculated tc •fieuthe proteetioa of the. tmooes on -shore, an • t insure the ,glory of the arrnyiinstrusted to his care. . could nat be,seirt for want of trateworts, He did not consider his speech, however, as any tarlito th6eniint 1)t tbasuotrsedieg Qlficers,,per thitig furtiler item a persourdetence of the can's- . haps the Hon—Gentlemen iiimlKANlingly„on tli it paign in which the.merit of the - Odicer was lii blue .iubjeet, frorrdiai-Mg.f.muntl, the inconveniency of it: degree Proved by the demerit of the Ministers: He ihad employed a junior [ificee to go with 400 d, After looking, at what might havel)eee-,,t,he glorious; mei] b y the Antipodes tol3.3tarly Bay, trom -whence issue of the campaign, if the victory of Vimiera. had they were to Bloc eetl to . Chioa, which- they were to been followed up by pursuit, he ,conteeded that it conquer. ~•Timis done,: a line of pots was. to be este was the want of,cavalry Which itifltienced the Gene- blished across the, Audios, to Beetius 'Ayres, to so. ral Officers who succeeded the- gallant General -(Sir cure the possession of. that S:urely. the A: W.) not to pursue: that course. This was. the Right Hon. Gentleman could not have forgottett link that connetted Ministers w i t h the Convention. .for,stich in idea,' when it once emered the niind of They did not, indeed, _mak e th e C o nvention,' but man, could not be got out of it °dicer they did Met' which necessarily led to it. Time t was, after his. long.:voyage, supte - seiled -by Genr,-ral Noble 'Lord who Opened Abe :debate leid been : .Whiteloeke. He would put the case, however: was accused of blaming the, Court of lnquiry, witheut It not possible that it inight be . cY.pedient, when a substituting any other mode of judging in its place.. snnil expedition was increased to ,1 \ery large army, It'tv'as, in his view - , impossible` to substitute any , to supersede. the original, Cientnateler, and appoint thipg for another that rt . :id- passed,: what good a senior Officer, in, order. to •preserve in the service would it have done to offer aey thing instead of this of that army many excellent Oilici-rs,„ who could irregular Court of 'Trial, which Nlinisters were 'not, from the usage Of the army, serve wider e jo frightened by the clamoins of the Country into nior Commander, or one of !ewer taut:. This was : , makinc , an open one; or what righ‘ had -his Noble precisely the case in the, : present inlanee; and his • Friend to be caik:d on for such a suggestion, The , Gallunf Friend.himnsell. had told there a .„ihat rite. could great good propesed by the ifewedition was to pre- not have. ,expe6tect. to be placed at the head of so , cure the evacuation at Pertsigal';' but What sea vice ~gte4t an army, which would by that means have was it to procure it by driving the enemy into Spain . ? i been-deprived of time assistance of 111311 Y of those dis- Li this point of view he c on sidered, that what leld tinguished t tnut'ils who had led it to such glory.— beete&mined in time had been more than lost by the,, He could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman, tliikt no Mode of etleating the Purpose Of the c.inipaig'ii.But: persons in flit COtilliry were neat: disappointed or to come to the point at once; he would aslt what was griev'ed at the issu of the C:impaigta in Portugal than the use of ,ending: out the Expedilign 3 1 Hil)g it wl4s his Maje s ty's Ministers. They hitnented . the Cott vent ion, and they laniented that: it ii.idnotbeen de wily, after beatin4 th e enemy and increasing our owo . force hear ly double its inatilwr, to drive the Frelich' -trefes;tratt re th the world, beyond pos sibility of out cif the - 6ountry - by the ell& of December. lie controi.ersy,, tint **the British atiey eas itifittitely believed tin% the truth w;,-,s, that the Hee, CT'eneral . superior to thliPiencti. Ti s:h!li..l,'t-r was, Iniw- ' was 4 hille,too rash. iris advance trtnii Muudeigo ever, II) the cotw-u of tins ratop.ngi., e)tatAished Bay ; what' svoeld b ase b een stone in ease of defeat,. in the mind oi*eve.ry impartial man lit Europe, for whieh wi!h All the bravery of British troops was Pim.'" " iticompon.itile valour noble persts erance. He sible, wheat the want ot eorninunicatmon ‘eith the agiee:t then vi;ith the Right Honotiraide Gentleman fiv r ,t- %%as (nit; out Ire principal re:lst-his assigued for its these points, but he could see tin OceuSion for tone inn I lie Cody endue. `l.`l4ls iht:Weil the lay the H ease. to . re-echo what had b,:en declared by, Ins Ot Ni, e ise-rs lit se.nding this 'pair of an FeZPedition• Majesty, and was a 'general setnitn,ht in the cum witnou; deter:: nline object.. They ,A'Ould not try, with a view to esmsnre stfs Ministers. whit titi it equiptu,:nt was .completeil, but driven It would he worfh whlie to -obset,,! curiously by the Voice of tile COUliuyto du something to prove the Itigbt Hon. Gentleman finch iris Vriettcls on the • 'other side of the• House argued'' they 4vere content theirvigour,' they ran-to Palle : ell - 114e air over clt - iveti ox,- aed something like that aim vial, when in such a to leave the proposition thus t Something ought to situation, with their e ye s „ inn (it f au gh) : Ine be dime on the penin•itila. We censere you for . .11%4 Hon. GenttLutan [hilt Went tutu ale rebUt'iti° ll tug done wrong, •but wcill not show Where or how of tiii argumeetits of f ord: whom hits yon coeld have done right. • Time Noble 'Lord who r t itr e se,ted as•ha nig, at templed le pro , c th•tt eevalry brought for ward titi.s subjea, had stated, - that Tor were nos dee e bs it r.,, anti that many oc:toile, had tx , •ett "ttigtal was not - an .objeet weft!) attending to. DA obiained withont thew. Very true, the oattles time • h e them, to •Kly, setting cvery'politie:ml consideratio tt lyiie and Trafalgar welt: ponied withoest cavalry (a out Of the question, - th.ti nor feelings-were not in:e retted in the rescbe of w i r a n t l ent front the. laugh)..tit:then defended t expeditiuti uedathe late , m ot i or y 4 to; th e ..T a g ti e, ;w h e r e up Caat ahy were sent, tylannous grad) elf an iLurver ? Was it no object•to because they were unttecesSary in an oper.itioo ,in ••• secure the It11,1'.1:111 fleet in th'e Qur ancient tende'd stalely against the Titgits, \vithout auy ulterior I 'Allies were in insurrection , ealihig on *ls for our view. TheMinisiers ;Acre therefore (..solideinned in all theses points, and were hurly charged wish hsviug runic:4.4n expedition, on the sucees, %vb!ch; the saltation ofctite country in a great tite.t,iltil! dt!p:11(17. ed. Fle next alluded, itr terms of reprehension, to tire'want of cavalry transports, of which .the Noble Lord had boasted he had plenty the year, b:toie, and - which .heliad'at any ritke . plenty of tune to provide, and commented on the 'rapid succession of 6eue:iii, 'whiclelie considered as"the best receipt for sowin; dissensi l n itt an anny, The Generals Caine= up as it werelrotn the sea, or like,persous at the end of a m coedy, only that they C•iitil'a hot Wiwi' they were otied, but exaaly were not wanted. :He accused : , 11/.linisters, 0,1; not Knowing : witat they would be tit;,,,-- l ol.atting by chance without any gene ral view. Dish they tel how as they did' when hi . hrst rejoicings they exulted in vittory, or wece, they redalled tria..truesense. of the 'muter, winch was ascertained by the hisses and catcalls that it,,ad ed t hem. lie now comp:IR:0 the vlctury of Viiniera" with Ciat of Maida, wbleh'liad laic -it b e yond the power of the enemy to.dtsguise4 onr suiterioitty, estataish,ttid gibry,of the British :11415. But in the battle of Vitnirra, the glory was lo,i hj' die inifortii-. nate Cetiven:iniir; w;tielt could'be urged by mite ene thy,and ma:vet ta'..tall our claims tof coinditient would say, where is your game ? 'What hate you ,bagged ? haye you Junct its your possession I—No t he is here ti4ht ing against us, aid iota oiairn what 'you have: no 1 . 1,ht,t0•-.4-17pyti the A% hole, lie con,ithickl the con. r noel ofAltilisters as rash , ineurisidei ate, and without idaa, alul would agle. in this Fes:Adtio:). CHAN tIALOK ! ti( the'Exentlaviat observed, hat there could.he. ti) Lic!acii.J:lol); 4if t +ken aitrai.i , y and by then . , 'but as a toundatnin of a charge against 1.i4 Alitiii!O'zi it wit) Onjust, unfounded,- And inattinisNit,le, • '4)10.111;1a tiutibur-, abie G‘ntleinan who }at c,?det.l inn), ll,tu 3cioit)w lvdgecl tt,„rt I.t 1.1 , ..! Lk-n:1 - 11 near him i%r thur Welk sip t j had, as he id lowed tap his plan, and 'pursued an alit:any dtscont .lited enemy, thell:snit wout.t have o`eett ititious . as ever marked the British of 11:iV:11..; b e bop?). c .114 t - qtletice, was to foithd th'utoliONd or tiir Harry Burrard and )11 - I t w I.3.4lrymplei.ohul yet he did tiut blame bat tUrtit:Li. shots , wale, And hod the whole holden upon the s of Milli:lief tieCatl4 I ' l e1q.,0021.1, they had au eseilso tot ' wrong, -in .not , tollowing the adviceol 5.1 , 4 , lesky 111411 the want (A cavalry, -w hien %tits the of 11Inwn , .rs. How cOuid Aiiiiiiters be. blamed for not pi ot idiot!, means can') Ines ai campaign to a satistaettiry isiue,. when iti - fnesaine breath was acknowlcdg' 1, that it, thtt ; opittion of one General,' it ho commanded in the held of battle, had been tot lowod, it would have tertunlatc4 so gtoriously tO . the Bittish arms. , .But it wetted the. The,lit Hon. Geo tlettnuir ha i forgotten his own iittinitlistr.illon, ninth as ho, hes mistaken the .statement of his'itiglit .Hun. Friend. Hit Masi., also. faMaciously c-utchd:d ,that be,aitso his Noble Friend (Lord Ca5t1,...re,401) h d said tit 'the pl'eceditlg fr,' that he htd_AOOLI ni of caviar:, tran.ports, that he ought . to have bad ~,,..tlicient. -t or the conveyance- of-olvalry with this c'44ediliOn. • But .did not the Right lion. Gentle in that upwards of that (ivantityof 'tonnage its tthiplayea at the time in the Balite . .. , The trani ,ttvweie ifoG:at when the late Admiuistration had and.tho whole world was fisej in attention on the ; British Government, to see whether that aid would be afforded, or Whether we ww.ld desert the cause of Itioie. to whom We weie bound by the. long accustomed ties of frie»d-hip•atia; ,:airy . . It was at this inotuentous interval, thlhi.ooS Wht.iro or 'wh.-ther we could land in Spain, that the Noble Lord wOuld rulv Ise that the loNe , , should have been kept at home. doing nothing, till every thing ~ pits ascertained 4nd. settled, rather than be s-tit out with a discretionary ovvcr to the Commander to act in 0.,e, or other situa , don as , circumstances rtviireJ:—.(kiv;r, .kear.)- 7 . The Right Hon. Chancell , r then defended the ah nunciation of the receipt'f.t the ititeiligetleet4at the enemy bad b.:.en compelled to es,te!Lite Portugal by the tiring of guns, which however, tie considered 11$, of very little conseqiience eithot the one way or the (Abet.. There had been no other instance in the course of the war of 20,000 French troop; being driven froiti. ti country of which they were in poi e);ccpt in the Ca s e of E4ypt. It was there foie itt tlimp , int of view a miner of illucoph and 5uCCe53, licnvever.moch ,one. of the attending dr com%tanoes might. be di-approved of anti regretted. He then answered the opinion qdtaticed by Lord H. Petty, h;it Of fill, and ,i , ,ftended the.. pi;:iefple up,i which they were eonsintr, 4 l,, agreahle to the pit:cede:lns in the case. of sir Juno' Mor4urit, 174;5, and the late fail ore against Rochefort.- 1. - us WAJ the ca s e in which such a court wa requisite, where enquiry wanted by the country, and sh., , r , t Was hp ithi. tint charge upon which to bring the parties to t a. Court 'Manial. it 'would ha ‘,e I)oon:extremely to have sitigied out any of Ow Orii, cars who command ed hi that expenition, and bung thefts to ; Court MArtnti, which was not Co.art Triad, but a log Court, tq find out it theta was any AIW' Itir able; conipiote, true lucid statements - of • Iris Noble and Right flonourable he'telt it Utinecessai.y to.trespasS any itirtitcr ni.on th‘t House .41 that late hour, than merely Ica rvile.tt, that he did not dissent troM the question on its own grounds, but because it was the; Ptelude to atrktujust attack up. , ii his MajestV:s ;1 Ir. 11'tvtta:nt Cxiili}iiicd. Air. \-VHITIittXAD, notwitktanding the long ' speech. tro.n the Nook Lord Ji rgag h), the tt rat:alit! 41J1115 1 ' ileckiration of Ow gill:int Gene ral (Wellesley), 'tin,' wow bad itiht t.,;len froth tbe Right Buie. (..:h.luc.'ol9r tit tins Exelic . kinvi-, moil thoroughly contarced, thin ibis attac k inafiu. on his Mijosty's M;nhiters by,lo Noble Friend, was, ono of the njost fOili,i , lable'tha could 1)V made, and hatl been so toebly. sustained, that his Noble Fliend was left of tho field. ,Thero, was yet a rit4i'ary and 'Parliarners,r3ry- hero to appear,. , on the otiOr.' - si-.le, who might; .p;:r;:g.s, attempt to restore the.doiordes-of the day., The ilonoUrable Gentleman then-noiloil the answer hi Majesty ,re turned to - the Ntition of the City Ltt Loudon „and „ I OP CI, I h A/40 ileeeelna of that City wero in t the House, to show the sense they lad. cacettained . of : it, by voting' with his Nribl . ,'! The p.,lka General appoint, had Atiteci, th.a it his advice had been tolloWeil, itfter the bin ',le of Vit9it•ra, va.ory tkimki have b,-en complete 411,1 Ike be ice him; •hut- Why,- if that was the case, would. he nth vote: against the Convention . which destroyed, all Eris hopes ?.. :,Why. wuultltnok the Right Hone.ir able ChaneellorOF , the EKchimnier voictbr.tltttiwhich -- • catiscs it he iton, bl elle must I'!, it mie,lit tall upon Nlioister.i bait justly said, blAStf.d by the C,i; and what mor,e, the it ad 1-;atety r ot theircotantryr.. 'roe I.\:(A/I(‘ 1, 4 ),11 f • 'Uk. ((,<i)lierea , d4) had that night ;titettipted ;: it s tyle: in the liouse,, and by li i ;ht and io.licio;.; Lipftt-le pf .encotirage a lao. ; 11 the. Lionse on, this moil. subjeo. iIU had also cited instances oli.illlll,ir 1111 , ,epridilet uir t 'te part. tyi ,Nliitisters,-about fit e ears <i:;n aS if Ore' ei rifri ,uf one_inirty were to be e:o.u.ied ter <.:(,•f•.:tidekl Iby the etrors of another. Let them all. be for their misconduct tag.ther—do lint let . led from the matter. before thent by the iiittoducti6n •of ally thing so extraneoui. Blame dhe eiiV t4 " to Sir Arthur Wialiest.iy, to Sir ilarry llurrrird, Or to Sir Hugh ailrytnie, and tilt. pt.opi.e of Grp* Britain . 14 a right to, be ate hecl oil the suhial. They were. , ..l;Q; (no not out of them)" sa tisfied with the Court ofl i nqpiry, tlac filial opioioii of which had been forcseenty every, one.. Sir A:Wel lesley was blameless, zealous, and. firm..- 7 -Sir H. IL3v.r rard, blaineiess,. ,zcolons,.,and firm—Sir „He 0, Dal ryinple„ blameless,,zeilltr,ts, and firm. fii.tn was to be blamed.? .Nijesty's aMilaitiF After payitig the highest compliments, a ft.e most ex.alted.rapinfon Of the , lesley, he begged the Ijlaiiise^ t at what the ". gallant General bad,,sa matifuliy opiy that he could have beat the citenly with the army he has, but that if he hal 'Lod could. not haw bt:eli any ex;.:ll.iic for not co.t.pf,..tt row iog the The Noble Lord (C.i.ilcreagli) had iold ;hem , .that.he thought, worse Of. the. CootTotion 1 -witiu;' Cog news Came ; he would iil.o to,know what lie thu of it alley. He who was gnitling the iiiititiuy coo cer-s of tbi j Country ir, - ;ainst Btioitapote aid '.lid, it would he impertinent in 'to in'ilt.ity IQ whom then a;ipliott for he tipposed to the Cita (7'.ltAr of the E:;ehequer, who b:tcle him tire ilW , ay the th:Jt sc d s little consequence, as if the aitouncition of neWs in this way lii the alettopitYs-I.lle coining j.;':l Vino orlhank.i in the House of .Conituoit..—and the 'de. corating the gallant . General. cidposite with that culiar badge of Merit the Red itibbon, were . alt [cis of. no importance.' 1 - le seemed, however, all, from the mode in which Le w tote to Sir Hew Daltyini,lc tbesubjed of the Con; entiott, to !lave had a pietty strong Opinion, for lie told ltiin.t hat tie had received soch from the Portuguese Ambassador, and was su-etinfoondo(l with it, that he could not'believe it. He W0tt1...1 Wi..11 to Elites why P.irtiament had not, or.should nom, s:iy again what had aiready been sail by the P, shoold .nut they do this, and c .me immediately to' the at.tat.k on the persons to be t)i.tmeci, whoever they were ? conFse It'aF, sal eon sr4tertt., that be,couid itt.it help askiiiii; iti mmuse i vei , side they ac4,l-mledge the timli of 3- ; .sultttion to.cutnt: 1 0 14- 0 1 111 4 e z uhj o a ae- CordittgiV. . Mier sonic ther ulieer , ations, lit 111$ .ormer arguments he ci!ti..i.1,10,1 hydectiriog ' bis assent to the origiteil +notion. , Sit .A..\V ELt.ESI. EV, In reSpe.:: - (.1; !he repf):ls that had leti circol.iteLl tit lie, hi-id nothing to tit with the Convention, that, be 11.1,.1ev..tt olLN: Lid against it, reteried•the Hon. (jetiti,!:n.in (Mr. iiitOread) to the prucee,titli.;;s: ot' t hei Boar ituittir) , for a statement of his I,,,eh t); ; oil that poini. Mr. W. POLe assured the flonic, that no autho rity tt.id ever bee n teem him for the inser nen pt . any furagrap`os the Net.vspapers to the et lea imputed to the friends of Sir A. Welle.:ley. Ho was , the only telative, of Sir Arthur in town ,o the ' time the news of the coovnittnn lia.t a rt i v , , ,,l a:l 4 although he li,,d been applied 10 by several ptpsons. fur tndier;:iis . to write in Ourette‘c of Sir A. Welles ley,. he had uniformly relu:ted affording ally, ob serving,, that he trusted that Sir A.rther, on his 1%:.. turn, Avoid be fully able to vindicate his bwn.r.tha raCter. . Culonel ITUTCHINIION COilld 'pet SilentlyliStOO to any comparison drawn between the Convention of Ctntra and the Conventiott for the Et.taenation of, Egypt ;. they were, in every respett that attetted t honour and interests of the country, di,ime;ricailv opposite to each other:.. Lord PUIICY obs4rved, that it was agreed on all sides that the Convention of Ciotra had disapp,,,ntetV the hopes ,andexpectinions or Litt Country; atiti lie therefore saw r;o necessity Q. coming t o a Vote 91 , 04 the first question. As to t iecond .went to censure Miiii,tc., fur their conduct, as con- # netted' with that transltitiOii, tie wait not awaie thivt Any biamue cnialji be broupt hothe to Mi t t4itetu,.. though he could not help bay lug that bhmte seemed to attach somewhere. . Set:relary CANNING then. rose. 110 , gbotlid' not detain ilie attelition or the al any l § :ingth Si)iii late an hoiir i ; in,!eed ltv hAt hut tat te to chat had fallen from his Noble Frieiki (i,.ird C.tsilereagli), amid from his Lin. ol kAlr. 31)-1%21 it hOtli a i ,occitt W it ti eit,itr of •til mxa , uoie points, lie Shollikt te..l t.i 11sc It e 1 a r- concurring wit h ti em to the -;.lillet sole. It wit, rho open, ul►.l,sguised 11 1 ,1 .ion of et cry wait, ;hat the mti Polito, 1 h I,i disap pointed the bones and expet:tations of the. Cu,. a rv. There was much of reaso.,iog deduced upon t tie yl trs:m analogy and ex.tati,it.., h.::: I ,;. knowlodge. that to hint it appealed :o Comet Pion, 1:)gy for the Convention of Ciiinii. St; soils would be tiS .hvvidiotts as they, tit et iii His wish WO.to see, the Country coniiiitid . ); ri,,, incliaracterand glory, I. idea tit its deg,eiler<icy CoUld not endure. Those for Whom u a tla,i ions were inadewore willing parties to them. hi. Coticurred ‘ with Ins Cotleagues in tilt! Stit'e be„should I.titvoltere were sooteamiotsjespeett j ug which, Os h 44 alrLady 'obseivid, hemmust ditier hi; t> ; ai d t t ole, wt,:re .rather politic:ol than rnillniry points th it. were beyond m i tlitai y . eotivetettce t o ex• acute, or military tribtinals try de'od,.. m.lpcti. Amolig these points he4rst objected in I,iriiiciple to the prat.- , thee of- stipulating „cgaditiVs respticting ultich had no right M . power to act. ptitoimoreover hien were neither expedient nor :flecessaty. Ht; mutt also object to the lion-admission of the 'POrtugliele General, or Government, a,lt s p4kst in. t t*.. it had aki , to been stipsloo.tbat their p rui , cit y I .slioWd be secured to tine enemy. - This stiouholoo